History and Mission

Based in Los Angeles, Jack Jones Literary Arts publicizes bold, forward-thinking literature that privileges narratives told by black women and women of color. The Los Angeles Times calls Kima Jones "an important new voice on the national stage."
The New York Times says, “Kima Jones is taking the publishing industry by storm.”

Welcome to Jack Jones Literary Arts, a multifaceted book publicity company founded by Kima Jones. Jack Jones Literary Arts's mission is to provide publicity services and support for writers who are unafraid. We work diligently to announce book projects to audiences who seek literary art that is unorthodox, underappreciated, and unparalleled. 

Jack Jones Literary Arts is changing the way we talk about literature. It is no mistake that Jack Jones’s roster is 98% black women and women of color.  Jack Jones is shifting how literature by women—queer, feminist, of color, of a certain age—is reviewed and discussed by broadening the conversation and opening avenues formerly closed by mainstream outlets. Jack Jones clients have been reviewed and featured in the New York Times, New Yorker, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, NPR Weekend Edition, Entertainment Weekly, Teen Vogue, Los Angeles Times, Miami New Times, Fusion, Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Lenny Letter, Bitch, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post Arts, LA Weekly, The Rumpus, Bustle, The Millions, Brooklyn Magazine, Catapult, Electric Literature, Read It Forward, Kweli Journal,  Design Sponge, Poets and Writer's Magazine, The Root, Colorlines, Latina, WNYC, The Literary Hub, and many more.

Kima Jones is the founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts, a Los Angeles-based book publicity agency for black and brown writers. She was named on the inaugural Bitch 50 list in 2017 as a "shape-shifter who pushed pop culture to be more representative, inspiring, and meaningful for communities who are typically ignored by mainstream media." The Los Angeles Times called Kima "2018's literary breakthrough" and "an important new voice on the national stage." Formerly, she worked as lead strategist on all publicity campaigns and is especially proud of her work on the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner, Olio, by Tyehimba Jess; the 2017 PEN America Robert W. Bingham Emerging Fiction Prize winner, Insurrections, by Rion Amilcar Scott; the 2017 Midland Authors Award winner in Adult Fiction, Know the Mother, by Desiree Cooper; and May-lee Chai’s Useful Phrases for Immigrants.